Your “I Feel The Air Is Getting Hot” Saturday Evening Open Thread

I am spending the night at Paul McCartney, a fellow I recall has been in a couple of popular bands over the years.

After tonight, I will have accomplished my goal of seeing almost all the big-4 British invasion bands or key members:

  • The Kinks – 1983

  • The Rolling Stones – 1989

  • The Who – 1989

  • Paul McCartney – 2019

And yes – I do have a t-shirt collection that I will be buried in.

I am going off the assumption that this tour will feature many of the songs from previous tours, just with the new stuff in the usual places. For comparison, here is his launch of the “Egypt Station” tour from Grand Central Station.

I should be entertained.


Tonight’s sports:

  • CFL:
    • Lions vs. Argonauts – 7:00 PM | TSN / ESPN+
    • Stampeders vs. Roughriders – 10:00 PM | TSN / ESPN+
  • MLB:
    • Cubs at White Sox – 7:00 PM | FOX / Sportsnet
    • Padres at Dodgers – 10:00 PM | Sportsnet
    • Rockies at Diamondbacks – 10:00 PM | FS1
  • Futbol:
    • CONCACAF Gold Cup Soccer 2019:
      • Haiti vs. Mexico – 7:30 PM | FS1
      • Jamaica vs. U.S. – 9:30 PM | FS1
    • MLS:
      • LAFC vs. Whitecaps FC – 10:30 PM | TSN2
  • NASCAR:
    • Monster Energy NASCAR Cup: Coke Zero Sugar 400 – 7:30 PM | NBC / TSN5
  • USA Softball
    • International Cup: U.S. vs. Japan – 6:00 PM | ESPN2
  • NBA Summer League Basketball:
    • Bulls vs. Lakers – 7:30 PM | ESPN
    • Pelicans vs. Knicks – 9:30 PM | ESPN
    • Nuggets vs. Suns – 11:30 PM | ESPN
    • Raptors vs. Warriors – 12:00 AM | TSN5

Hopefully, the terrible BC Place acoustics don’t give me tinnitus.

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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ALXMAC
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Brick Meathook

Hey beerguyrob,

Don’t forget Led Zeppelin. The Big Five.

I saw Led Zep in ’77 (my first concert, I was 14), The Kinks twice in ’79 and ’80, and the Rolling Stones in Vancouver in 2006.

Haven’t seen The Who (they’re on tour this summer) nor a Beatle. But I grew up where The Beatles gave their first North American concert (The Coliseum, Washington D.C.).

Hey bgr, you’re a great writer. And you got there by writing. Writers write. I’ve been reading you for years.

ALXMAC
Unsurprised

No joke. Women’s pro soccer in the U.S. is even better than the USWNT is than the Men.

https://deadline.com/2019/07/nwsl-tv-deal-espn-womens-pro-soccer-1202642209/

ALXMAC
ALXMAC
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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Jesus, you look great for 78.

ALXMAC
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SonOfSpam

Ah yes, a tribute to Jeffrey Epstein.

Brick Meathook
SonOfSpam

I can be there in 45 minutes, let’s go get crunk.

(I am drunk at home and am not going anywhere, but in spirit I would like to have a brew with you)

Brick Meathook

I would meet you but I’ve been drinking bathroom cleaning products all day and I’m pretty blind right now, and drooling. Don’t worry, I’ll get better (I’ve done this before).

SonOfSpam

Ok brother, just drink a 2 liter of mountain spring water before bed, and you’re fine.

Brick Meathook
Brick Meathook

I’m just showing you boys the free ones.

At least I think so. I’m still pretty blind from drinking Drano, as noted above.

Unsurprised

Ohhhh, Drano. No generic self-abuse for Mr. Big over here.

SonOfSpam

I saw the Stones/Who at the same time you did (LA Coliseum for both). Also, I am pretty drunk and it’s been a good day. Cheers to everyone here.

SonOfSpam

The Stones concert (maybe 1988?) featured Living Colour and Guns n Roses opening. Living Colour was the best of the three. They were really really awesome. The end.

SonOfSpam

CLOSE THE FUCKING WINDOWS i am going to hell perhaps tonite

Unsurprised

If only that baby had been a bag of cocaine instead. He’d have damn sure closed the window then.

ALXMAC

This song is about a friend dying from cancer, but I’m sorry for your loss tWBS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeGpQDQvkK8

theeWeeBabySeamus

Thank you. He was a good man. One of my best friends. But he didn’t exactly take care of his health.
Now he’s in the ground. Time for me to fly home.

SonOfSpam

Here you go, hope it’s appropriate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54OtWleMQeQ

theeWeeBabySeamus

LOL, just saw this after boarding. LMFAO.

theeWeeBabySeamus

It’s always fun when a childhood friend dies of a massive heart attack and leaves behind a wife and two kids.
Life is really beginning to piss me off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Evening. Vacation coming to an end, and of course our red-eye is delayed 2.5+ hours.

Unsurprised

Hey.

Which team moves more like Heather Mills out there?

Fronkenshteen

Shit. Earthquake gol.

yeah right

Girl, we need to talk buttermilk.

Fronkenshteen

You’re frying chicken?

Unsurprised

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Unsurprised

The bastards earned their fate.

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Fronkenshteen

80 th minute. Anyone’s match. About to take a valium. It’s yellow. I hope that’s good news. Go soccer!

King Hippo

When in doubt
Always pill out!

Fronkenshteen

Sorry I cleared the room. Been having that effect a lot lately.

King Hippo

is just late

Unsurprised

That led me down a fun rabbit hole.

Fronkenshteen

Baby aspirin starting to string passes together.

Fronkenshteen

Baby aspirin just gave up a GOLDEN chance, but Dead Sea couldn’t slot it home. MLS skill inside the 18, and one-on-one is shit. Other leagues look like a futsal tourney inside the box. We have a LONG way to go.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vr9Seiwvio0

King Hippo

yuuuuuupppp!

yeah right

Lonesome Dave.

Fronkenshteen

Holy shit?

Breaking: Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New York on Monday.

A big score for SDNY. https://t.co/HPyCb9dLj1

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 7, 2019

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Fronkenshteen

2. A former federal prosecutor texts how unusual it was that Epstein was arrested on a Saturday. But noted that the feds like to take advantage of airport departures and arrivals for arrests. Epstein landed in NYC on an international flight today and was taken into custody

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 7, 2019

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Fronkenshteen

3. The same former federal prosecutor made note of this detail in the @thedailybeast scoop: that this case has been overseen by the public corruption unit in the SDNY office. Highly unusual for a sex trafficking case to be handled by PCU. ?

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 7, 2019

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Fronkenshteen

4. Also they note that the fact that the indictment won’t be unsealed until Monday is also unusual and COULD indicate that there’s a second defendant in this case.

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 7, 2019

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Fronkenshteen

5. Also remember that last week a federal appeals court in NY ordered the unsealing of up to 2,000 documents related to Epstein.

cc: @KlasfeldReports https://t.co/1WBRMoAHz3

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 7, 2019

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Fronkenshteen

6. I think it’s safe to assume that Epstein wishes he would have stayed out of the country. https://t.co/uh0Aeq6qVH

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 7, 2019

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Unsurprised

Why? This way he can get a full pardon

Unsurprised

Is it really surprising given that his private plane, The Lolita Express, has listed two U.S. presidents – Bill Clinton and Donald Trump – on its manifest and that his original sweetheart deal is with the Miami U.S. Attorney who is now Trump’s Labor Secretary, Alex Azar?

blaxabbath

It’s time for nooses.

Unsurprised

Do they even show women’s games on tv? Because it’s always been way more fun to watch the Thorns than Timbers or Timbers 2 play.

Fronkenshteen

Scoreless at the half, Hippo. Your goalie looks like Albert Belle’s mugshot on Redd Foxx’s body. The stadium frames the brown hills of San Jose beautifully. What mountain range is that?

litre_cola

Hippo didja bet on the Cavs?

King Hippo

nope, was too slow

Fronkenshteen

Dead Sea pressure continues. Another quality chance hissed by the same post.

Fronkenshteen

1st decent scoring chance to dead sea. Quality header snapped wide of far post.

King Hippo

trying to get to 30′ before I put insurance bet on LA

Fronkenshteen

What’s the formula for the live insurance bet?

King Hippo

all feel, but when I think the odds are close enough. Here, I bet on SOMEONE getting a 2nd first half goal at -114. About 3 mins before LA scored. WHEW. Now I am “house money” the rest of the way. Which I will take, since these were crazy bets to make.

Fronkenshteen

Have a buddy that can do what you do. Do you play the horses at all?

King Hippo

nae, I find horseys confusing

Fronkenshteen

I see what you did there!

Fronkenshteen

I wonder what sort of treatment being a trafficker of underaged prostitutes will earn Jeffery Epstein in the sort of prison he’s going to? Probably free drink tickets on Casino Night.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I hope he drags many people down with him. But I’d also be happy if he only dragged down one specific person.

Fronkenshteen

You think he’s why Dershowitz became what he is now?

Fronkenshteen

San Jose dominating possession early. No quality chances yet, tho.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Okay, so the chicken was a flavorless dud. It wasn’t terrible, just lame. I hope I learned something.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Let’s go ahead and make it better.

King Hippo

holy cats, the Whiteheads scored!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fronkenshteen

Hippo, I get both games. Want me to keep an eye on one while you watch t’other?

King Hippo

sure thing! Pick your poison LMAO

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fronkenshteen

I’ll watch salt lake. Keep you posted.

/yes I know moose is busting my balls?

King Hippo

the VAN Whiteheads are an extreme longshot bet

Fronkenshteen

Haven’t watched any MLS. Sort of ashamed of that. I know they can’t compete with the big boys, but how does this league compare internationally? Complete embarrassment?

King Hippo

It’s somewhere between Championship and League One calibre (compared to English footy). Bad.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fronkenshteen

Oof.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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A repeat, but god damn it.

King Hippo

Thanks for that added time goal, Lesser SeaTruthers. Hippo NEEDED that.

fuck you, YOU have a problem

Fronkenshteen

Any action in the 10:30 slot?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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King Hippo

Lesser Canucks HT and FT (win or draw on latter), Lesser Big Love (FT win). Betting on MLS is a perfectly sane and rational financial strategy.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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herodotus450

I hope her phone was ok.

Fronkenshteen

I thought it was a cigarette.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Thoughts and prayers.

Redshirt

UK Ambassador to US called the American President inept and incompetent. Any other time that would be the greatest diplomatic incident since the Trent Affair of 1861. Today’s time, it’s hardly newsworthy.

herodotus450

He was just negging Britain for not having invented aircraft yet by 1776

Fronkenshteen

Our entire system of government is now a permanent pile of smouldering rubble. He has single-handedly destroyed the concept of truth. This is exactly what he wanted to do. He will float down into Saudi Arabia on the most golden of parachutes, consequence free, for the remainder of his gilded life. Sounds pretty competent to me.

Redshirt

It’s was already that way. He simply pulled back the curtain, like Toto did to the Wizard of Oz.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

There was some intelligence mixed in; they’ve now replaced it with stupid, and kleptocracy ….. don’t forget the new brand of kleptocracy, on sale now.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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herodotus450

Madeline the musical turned out much better than expected.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Hey kids; it’s The Mistress Rodger Show

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I want to make Moroccan chicken in the Instant Pot tonight, but every recipe has like forty ingredients which I don’t currently have and am not willing to go out and get (exotic stuff like “carrots”). So I think instead I’m going to dump the chicken thighs and a bunch of random spices all in together and see what happens.

yeah right

I should co-op my spice cabinet. I was looking for tarragon today and found (2) TWO bottles of cardamom.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

grumble grumble tell me more about this cardio-mom grumble grumble

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Many Moroccans are very brave.

King Hippo

If I just didn’t have to have a job, I could get used to this #BFIB West Coast stuff. Mid-afternoon naps are awesome, as long as you don’t need to go to sleep by 11 in order to get up by 6:30-7 the next day.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Starting soon, I will be teaching you how to live the #hobohighlife

King Hippo

Fucking rain. I was looking forward to watching Thor v. Harper, Fox regional switches to Bastard Man Small Bears/ThanksObama!!111 instead. BOO

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

Hot Taek: most of Paul’s post-Beatles stuff is cringingly self-indulgent, disgustingly twee or both.

King Hippo

true taek. Plus I find him personally quite annoying.

litre_cola

I personally feel that Heather Mills is a real stick in the mud.

King Hippo

ah hell, I forgot to mock your Los Gigantes. But it seems mean, that roster is just so very sad.

litre_cola

Yeah it is pathetic. Will be for awhile.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah but her retired military father certainly does make good cereal.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

He needed John’s edge to keep him in track. Still would see the legend though, in spite of silly love songs.

herodotus450

Mentions British Invasion bands, but doesn’t include The Turtles.

ballsofsteelandfury

Pet peeve:

Why did they change the title of Scrotal Recall to Lovesick?

TOTAL BS!

Porky Prime

Remember, when Sir Paul performs them, they’re McCartney / Lennon songs.

King Hippo

also yell Hey Paul, wha happen with that one-legged gal you wuz bangin’?

Unsurprised

Paul found someone else to fill her shoe.

King Hippo

oh fuck a duck, that is AWESOME